Map shows common crow attack areas in Vancouver

Let’s be real, crows are terrifying. They’re savagely smart and attack at will during nestling season.

Don’t let a bunch of birds ruin your life. A new interactive, user-generated map called CrowTrax shows you areas in Vancouver where crow attacks commonly happen.

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Developed by two Langara instructors, the map allows anyone to add in their experience dealing with crow attacks in Metro Vancouver. Little red birds dot the map, and by clicking on them, you get the date of the attack and a description by the user of exactly what happened.

Zooming in on the map will give you the exact location of where the attack occurred.

Image: CrowTrax

The map is what’s called a Geographic Information System which Rick Davidson and Jim O’Leary, the instructors who created the map, teach at Langara.

“GIS maps are being used more often as companies look for ways to tell their stories and share geographic data that is easy to understand”, says Davidson.

While GIS maps are used for everything from finding directions to government emergency disaster planning, we think mapping out the locations of sadistic crows is the most useful incarnation yet.

And if you’re worried that the crows will never stop attacking, know that nestling season only lasts from April to June.